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Private funders should fund full project costs too

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03/11/2016

... – from building financial skills among low-income youth in a certain geographic area to innovating new forms of therapy ... their grantees puts them in an even better...

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Ford Foundation Awards $2.7 Million to Artspace for Creative Placemaking

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01/14/2013

Minneapolis-based Artspace Projects, Inc. has announced a $2.7 million grant from the Ford Foundation in support of efforts designed to revitalize communities ...

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Modern Dance Groups to Get Hurricane Sandy Aid

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12/25/2012

... Sandy. Among the huge outpouring of relief for damages from Hurricane Sandy nearly two months after it hit, a modest effort is on the horizon for the shoestring but vibrant world of modern dance in...

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Bloomberg Gives Sept. 11 Museum a $15 Million Loan

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05/02/2013

... museum $15 million to help cover expenses until it opens a year from now. He is charging the lowest possible interest rate ... that the transaction would qualify under federal rules as a loan...

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Philanthropy as Backer of Brains

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05/02/2013

The third in a series of Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin’s ... enduring lessons of 100 years of strategic philanthropy. In my second post on the unique attributes that have made the...

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Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program Releases Final Report

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05/28/2013

... twelve years, helped more than 4300 social justice leaders from 22 countries advance their education and bring new ... from around the world at the Ford Foundation headquarters in New York to...

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Good Charity, Bad Charity

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08/10/2013

... between different areas of philanthropy cites information from Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. You are thinking of donating to a worthy cause. Good. But to which cause should you give? If ... array of...

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Rockefeller Foundation Awards $3.8 Million for IT Jobs in Ghana

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03/26/2014

Rockefeller Foundation Awards $3.8 Million for IT Jobs in Ghana, reports Philanthropy News Digest. The Rockefeller Foundation has announced a $3.8 million grant to the Ghanaian government in...

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Brooklyn Community Foundation Moving to Crown Heights this Summer

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04/09/2014

... This August, Brooklyn’s community foundation will have a memorable new address in the heart of the borough: 1000 Dean Street. Relocating from DUMBO to Crown Heights, Brooklyn Community ...

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First Payment Made Toward Detroit's 'Grand Bargain'

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12/12/2014

... retirement systems this week as part of the city’s exit from bankruptcy. The Foundation for Detroit’s Future, a nonprofit created specifically to transfer funds from 12 ... the first of 20...

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Simons Foundation Funds Groundbreaking Autism Research

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12/15/2014

... traits can cause autism, brains affected by autism share a pattern of ramped-up immune responses and related inflammation, an analysis of data from autopsied human brains reveals. The study, a...

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Ford, OSF and Others Join Forces to Safeguard Internet Liberties

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02/05/2015

... Over the past two decades, the Internet has evolved from an obscure Defense Department project to a global communications phenomenon. Now, say a group of foundation leaders, it’s time to make...

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Rockefeller Report Cited by Geena Davis at United Nations Convening

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03/13/2015

Actress Geena Davis on 12 March 2015 told a standing-room only event on gender and the media at the United Nations that the paucity of female characters in entertainment media for young children can be changed...

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Rita Allen Foundation Passionate About Funding Breakthrough Solutions to Significant Problems

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08/26/2015

... Breakthrough Solutions to Significant Problems The view from the third-floor corner office at 92 Nassau St. is one of ... as hustle and bustle of one of the busiest main streets in town. From...

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With Mellon Support, Smithsonian to Create National Art Database

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02/22/2016

... Database The Smithsonian American Art Museum is leading a group of 14 institutions from around the country in an effort to build a shared, and searchable, online ...

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Guttman Community College to Move to UWS

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04/05/2016

... of New York’s newest institution, will relocate from its Midtown home to much larger digs in a CUNY-owned building on the Upper West Side. The ...

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Rockefeller Foundation Grants 'Hamilton' Tix to Bronx Theatre High School Students

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04/07/2016

‘Hamilton’ Tickets for Students and Wisdom From Its Creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator of the hit Broadway musical “Hamilton,” spent a half-hour with about 40 students at Bronx Theatre High ... given access to $...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds Youth Crime Prevention Program

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04/29/2016

... the mission is more than what the name implies. It’s a misconception to think the organization’s primary focus is removing guns from the streets. In fact, Memphis Gun Down exists to prevent...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Century Foundation Report Analyzes 'Identity Threat' Some College Students Face

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05/18/2016

... Analyzes 039 ;Identity Threat 039 ; Some College Students Face A new report from the Century Foundation considers the issue of "identity ... with academic talent may...

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Backed By Long Island Community Foundation, Town Hall Meetings Identify Issues Facing Trans Community

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06/07/2016

... Identify Issues Facing Trans Community The journey from transitioning from male to female was a struggle for Kelly Leigh Metzgar. The local resident said she lived in fear...

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